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csziggy

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4. My Prism TV puts out Amber Alerts using the same blaring tone as for weather alerts

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 11:54 PM

Sep 2016

I HATE those. First off, I am seldom anywhere where there are children. Second, the alerts come while I am at home where there are and will be no children. Third, it always gets my adrenaline up because I think it's a weather alert for a tornado or something. Fourth, the Amber Alerts are for the entire state, not just my area.

Oh - the final thing that pisses me off is that there is no way to look up information on the Amber Alert so I can see if it might be my area, what child is missing, where they might be, or any description of what to watch for even if I were out to look for a kidnapped child!

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I was in a restaurant when an Amber Alert warning went out to everyone's cell phone... [View all] NightWatcher Sep 2016 OP

That happened in my office a couple of weeks ago. onehandle Sep 2016 #1

Wow what a bunch of heartless jerks who don't care about kidnapped children. NightWatcher Sep 2016 #2

I guess theirs never went off at 3 am. n/t BlueSpot Sep 2016 #3

My Prism TV puts out Amber Alerts using the same blaring tone as for weather alerts csziggy Sep 2016 #4

Well I was in a room that was real supportive of.. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2016 #5

And you lived to tell about it. Congratulations! Fla Dem Sep 2016 #6

First time that happened to me I about whizzed my tighty whities n/t hibbing Sep 2016 #7

Just happened here in the NYC area when they were looking for that bombing suspect Yavin4 Sep 2016 #8